Water-cooler.



L. R. STEEL.

WATER COOLER.

APPLICATION FILED 00127, 1910.

1,004,927. Patented 001.3, 1911.

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LEONARD R. STEEL, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

WATER-COOLER.

To ell whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, LEONARD R. STEEL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuya `boga and State of Ohio, have vinvented new the type wherein a bottle or similar recepe. tacle is placed in an inverted position on.

a suitable support so that water may be drawn therefrom. It is'connnon practice with most devices of this kind to insert the neck of the bottle into a cup or chamber from which extends a faucet. The cup or chamber is usuallyarranged in an ice chest and is considerably less in diameter than theice chest so that the intervening space may be filled with ice to maintain the wat/er within the chamber in a cool. state. lt/ obvious with this construction that the' ice has little or no effect on the water within the bottle since the water must of a necessity pass from the bottle into the chamber and there remain for a period in order to be chilled by the ice. It has been found with the use otl devices of this kind that when water is taken at frequent intervals from the cooler it is never thoroughly chilled, due to the comparatively short time it remains in the cup or chamber before passing through the faucet. The present invention therefore aimsto remedy this detect by providing a specific form of bottle interiorly provided with an ice chamber so pog sitioned that the entire volume of water in the bottle will be acted upon by the ice and maintained in a cool state.

An object of the invention is vthe provision of a jacket or casing for the bottle, the said jacket or casing being.provided with suitable insulation to protect the contents ot' the ice vchamluar from the atmos pheric temperature so that the ice within the chamber may be preserved for an indefinitely long period.

With theseand other objects in view, which will more fully hereinafter appear, the present invention consists in certain novelV details of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described,

'illustrated in'fthe accompanying drawings,

a'nd more particularly pointed out in the appended claim; it being understood that Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 7, 191D.

Patented Oct. 3, 19M.

serial No. 585,825.

various changes in the torni, proportion, size, and minor details of the device .may be made, within the scope ot the appended claim, without departing 'from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

ln the accompanying drawings, forming part of the speciticationzl Figure l is a side elevation of the device with the upper end portion thereotl shown in section. Fig. 2 is a similar view withv the `lower end p0rition shown in section.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout. v

The jacke-t is preferably formed of metal and comprises an outer casing and an inner casing. The outer casing comprises a cylindrical body portion designated by the numeral 5 and is provided at one end with a bottom 6. The inner casing is designated by the numeral 7 and at one end is provided with a bottom 8. The bottoms 6 and S are centrally provided with alining circular openings and a circular wall 9 is secured to the edges of these openings bymeansof solder' or the like in order to insure a tight joint. A rabbet i0 is formed on the inner surface and at the upper end portion of the inner casing 7, the upper edges of the outer and inner casings being connected and held in spaced relation by means .of an angle strip ll. The space between the outer and inner casings is lilled with cork, asbestos or other suitable heat insulating material as shown at 12. The cover tor the jacket is shown to include a circular body portion designated by the numeral 13 from the peripheral portion ot which depends a flange 14. The flange ll is, adjacent to its lower end and on its outer surface, undercut as shown at 'l5 mld'rereived by the rabbet por tion l0. As .shown in the drawings the top or cm'er comprises outer and inner casings held in spaced relation, the space therebetween beingr filled with cork, asbestos or other suitable l xat insulating material as shovvn at l0.

The bottle is shown to include a cylindrical body portion designated by the numeral 17. ln the following description of the several parts ot the bottle it is assumed that the bottle is iu ao upright position and notinverted as shown in the drawings, The body portion 17 is provided at'ione end with a bottom 18, and at its opposite end is pro vided with an end wall l) haring :i central ,opening :from which rises a neck 20. The

.bottomlS is formed with a central opening from which rises a erlimlrieal chamber 2l, ille. upper end of whieh ia Closed by an end wall as shown at and extends to a point` in ljzufent to the neck Q0. A cap or closure eomjriees a circular bod)v portion. somelwhat greater in area than the area of the riorly srrwr-tln'eaded sleeve. designated h v the numeral 2T and is adaptedl to he srrewed onto the band 2o. The Sleeve Q7 is considerably `greater in length than the length ot the neek or hand, and the end portion ot the sleeve extendingl beyond the nerli and hand is reduced in `dian'ieter as shown at 2S and interiorl)T AaCrew-tlileaded tor the rereption ot' a tatu-el 25).

lu the operation ol the device and before the faucetV is connected with the Sleeve yhe holtle is filled with liquid through the opening' of the neelc. The jacket is; now placed over the bottle so that the neckV thereof will extend through the openingA in the bottoni Loewe? of the jacket. This done the faucet 2U is Screwed into the sleeve and the device inrei-ted and pla-Ced upon a suitable support; after which the casing in the chamber 2l is tilted with ice and covered and the cover placed upon the jacket. I

From the foregoing it is evident that. I have provided a device 4which is comparatively simple in structure and inexpensive to manufacture? embodyingl few parts and those so arranged that the danger of derangement will be redueed to a minimum.

.l claim:-

A water cooler eompriising' a jacket having; heat insulating walls and an apertured bottom` a lioluid receptacle mounted in the jaeliet and provid-ed with an end portion wltollj,v resting upon the bottom oit the jar-liet and provided with a liquid discharge portion disposed in the aperture .in the bottom ol said jacket, the said liquid receptacle having` its upper end extended above the plane of the open end ot the jacket,I and a Closure extending over the upper end of the liquid receptacle and provided with a depending tlangre disposed in the same generalV plane with the vertical wallI ot' the jail-liet and detaeliahly fitting,r the laine at the open end of said jacket.

.ln testimony whereof fl ai'lix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEONARD R. STEEL. lVitneeses:

Joinv D. LLOYD, H Amai, Lawinen or.. 

